The first initiative of its kind in Iraq, where Israel's sworn enemy Iran has a very strong influence, the conference took place on Friday and was organised by the New York-based Center for Peace Communications (CPC). More than 300 Iraqis, including tribal leaders, attended a conference in autonomous Kurdistan.

Electricite du Liban, or EDL, is now capable of generating less than 500 megawatts from the fuel it secured through a deal with Iraq, and even that fuel is not of the correct grade. Iraq signed an agreement in July to allow the cash-strapped Lebanese government to pay for 1...

The oil ministry earlier this month raised the price of fuel sold to cement manufacturers from 150 dinars per litre (around 10 cents) to 250, following on from a previous hike earlier in the year.

The polls were initially scheduled for 2022, but moved forward to June this year, then postponed to October.

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The new project, signed in 2017 with oil services company Baker Hughes, will eventually allow 200 million cubic feet of gas a day that is usually torched on the Nasiriyah and Gharraf oilfields to be captured, according to a statement issued by the country's oil ministry.

A bell was inaugurated at a church in Mosul on Saturday to the cheers of Iraqi Christians, seven years after the Daesh group overran the northern city.

The optimistic forecast comes as the OPEC cartel nations and their allies are beginning to raise output to meet recovering demand.

As Iran's neighbour to the west, Iraq has sought a mediating role between Tehran and Arab nations and since April, it has tried to broker talks with Saudi Arabia to soothe tensions between the regional rivals.

Political, economic and social crises in the Middle East countries has led to an implosion of negative emotions among their citizens.

The French firm, formerly called Total, will now build four power projects in Iraq.

The decision is said to be based on an agreement with Iraq, and apparently follows prior notification. Iran used to export about 40-45 million cubic meters of natural gas to Iraq on a daily basis, and its debts to Iran reduced natural gas exports to Iraq in December last year.

His visit to Mosul, a melting pot of Iraq's diverse ethnic and religious communities, is seen as an opportunity to renew his support for Christians in the Middle East

French president Emmanuel Macron vowed his country will maintain presence in Iraq no matter what Americans decide. After meeting Iraqi president Mustafa al-Khademi, Macron said Daesh remains a threat and the fight against these groups is a priority of Iraqi government.

Mosul, the country's second city in Nineveh province, was the last major Iraqi bastion of the Islamic State group's failed "caliphate" between 2014 and 2017

Macron warned on Saturday the Islamic State group "remains a threat."

Iraq’s populist Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr on Friday reversed his decision to boycott the October elections and said his movement would take part in order to help “end corruption."

Leaders from around the MENA region are arriving in Baghdad for a summit meant to lower tensions in the region. The meeting is a chance for Iraq to showcase its recent efforts to be a neutral mediator.

The two countries will continue to cooperate to see to it that there is no resurgence of ISIS in Iraq.

Iraq has signed a deal with China to build a set of solar power plants that would produce 2,000 MW of clean, renewable energy for the power-starved, oil-rich country.

Lebanon is expected to use ENOC’s fuel to generate electricity, as the Iraqi oil is deemed unsuitable for the process.

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said this assistance would be in the form of low-interest loans.

The boom in looted objects from antiquity is a real problem in Iraq, where corruption is prevalent and archaeological sites are poorly protected

The meeting in Baghdad on Saturday seeks to give Iraq a "unifying role" to tackle the crises shaking the region

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Iraq and the UAE already conduct trade that was worth around $15 billion in 2019.

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani reportedly issued this warning in a meeting with Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein.

Baghdad last week announced a suspension of flights to Belarus to stem the flow and protect its citizens who have been victims of smuggling networks.

Abir Salim, the director of municipal services in the city which houses the mausoleums of two of Shiite Islam's most revered figures, was shot dead as he was carrying out his duties on Tuesday

Only 3.5 percent of Iraq’s farmlands are watered with irrigation systems and rivers are polluted with viruses and bacteria, oil spills and industrial chemicals.

Iraq is confident about securing a $4 billion dollar loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after it restarted talks with the world’s top lending institution.

Businessmen on both sides to exchange knowledge and ideas to create opportunities for collaboration.

The extensions follow a visit to Washington by Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi to meet US President Joe Biden.

The money will be used to support and assist capacity-building within the Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission for the October polls.

At least 17 people, including policemen, were killed in an attack by the Islamic State group in the Salahudin province of Iraq on Friday.

Covid has resurfaced in Iraq with a vehemence that people are now frantically looking for jabs as their reluctance to take the vaccine ebbs away.

Pro-Iran armed factions stand accused of carrying out around 50 rocket and drone attacks this year against US interests in Iraq.

The UN Compensation Commission is to pay another $1.1 billion to the Kuwait Petroleum Company as compensation.

Under the deal, Lebanon will receive one million tonnes of fuel oil in exchange for "goods and services", a statement issued by the Iraqi authorities has highlighted.

The prime minister Kadhemi did not specify the number of people arrested, but a source at the interior ministry said the suspects were anticipated to make televised "confessions"

The additional funding from the State Department and the USAID is meant to help “the people of Iraq as well as Iraqi refugees in the region and generous communities hosting them.”

The White House talks between the two allies come just a week after a deadly attack claimed by the Islamic State group, despite Baghdad declaring the Sunni extremists defeated over three years ago

Private generator business is about $6-$10 billion, each household spends on average $100-200 per month on electricity

Iran decided last month to cut power supplies to Iraq, saying the it owes it more than $6 billion in arrears. That has left Wataniya unable to keep up with soaring demand in the country.

The meeting will "highlight the strategic partnership between the United States and Iraq," the White House said in a statement

Iraq President Barham Salih talked with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad to collaborate against common problems, with stress on terrorism

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At least 52 people died and 22 were wounded when a massive fire engulfed the coronavirus isolation ward of an Iraqi hospital on Monday.

Iraq's hardscrabble farmers and livestock herders are battling severe water shortages that are killing their animals, fields and way of life.

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